Folding bed



.I) l. HIGGINS.

FOLDING BED. APPLICATION FILED MAYZI, I920.

'1: ll m I..

Patnted June 7, 1921.

A TTOR/VEYS UNETEE STATES JOSEPH I. HIGGINS, OF NEW YORKN. Y.

FOLDING BED.

Specification of LettersPatent. V

Patented June "7, 1221.

Application filed May 21,1920. Serial No. 383,202.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, JOSEPH I. HIGGINs, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, county andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Folding Bed, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description. 4

This invention relates to my improved folding bed covered by LettersPatent No. 1137402 granted me on April 27, 1915 in which I claimed afolding bed of the mantel type which is arranged to be raised toavertical position against a wall so as to occupy minimum amount of floorspace, and also to provide a shelf for supporting ornamental or otherarticles. My present invention consists in improvements in theconstruction of the legs and other details of the folding bed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part ofthis specification, in which it is understood that the drawingillustrates only one example of the invention, and in which v Figure 1is a perspective view of thebed in a vertical position against the wall.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the curtain of thebed strapped backready for lowering said bed to a horizontal position.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the bed in a horizontal position.

Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the bed in a vertical position, partly insection.

Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the bed in a horizontal position, beingpartly in section.

Fig. 6 is a perspective fragmentary view of one end of the bed restingon a supporting bracket.

Fig 7 is a perspective view of one leg of the bed with its brackets.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view of a portion of the leg bracket.

Fig. 9 is a central sectional view through leg and base.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 10 indicates anystandard spring frame which is usually provided with a rear side bar 11and a front side bar 12.

- The bar 11 is supported in the forked end extension 17 which isadapted to correctly.

position the side bar 11 with respect to the wall 18. As usuallyconstructed, the spring frame 10 includes an angle strip 19 at each end,to one leg of which is hooked a plurality of coil springs 20. These coilsprings are in turn hooked to a metal strip 21 which is parallel to theangle strip 19 andhas secured to it at right angles, parallel strips 22which support any form of Woven wire mesh (not shown), and amattress 23.The forked end 13 of the bracket 14 is adapted to allow the bed to beraised to a vertical position resting against the wall 18 as shown inFig. 4, and in this position the mattress is supported on edge by meansof a strip 24 which may be of wood. This strip 24 is provided with ascrew eye 25 screwed into its edge adjacent each end, said screw eyealso engaging a loop of one of the springs 20 so as to support saidstrip 24 and the mattress 23. Loops 26 are secured to the edge of thestrip 24 opposite the screw eye 25 by means of screws 27 and said loopserves to engage one end of a strap 28, said strap being provided with abuckle 29-which engages a similar strap 30. A shelf 31 is positionedabutting the side of the spring frame 10 opposite the strip 24 and isheld securely in position by means to be hereinafter described. A loop32 similar to the clip 26 is secured to one edge of the shelf 31, andthe strap 30 is secured to said loop. Thus when the straps 28 and 30 arefastened tightly together by means of the buckle 29 the strip 24 is heldflush against one edge of the mattress 23, the other edge of themattress is fiush against the shelf 31, while said straps hold saidmattress and a plurality of pillows 33 securely in position while thebed is in a vertical position as shown in Fig. 4.

In order to hold the shelf 31 securely in position abutting the springframe 10, a bracket 34 is provided which is preferably of cast metal,and an integral laterally extending base 35 is formed on one end of saidbracket 34, said base being fastened to the shelf 31 by any fasteningdevice such as screws 36. The end of the bracket 34 opposite the base 35is formed into a semicircular grip 37 which is so shaped as to fitaround the side bar 12. A pin 38 extends laterally through the bracket34 and is securely held thereby so that a semicircular clam 39 may beremovably secured to said 40, one on each side of the bracket 34, saidhooks engaging the ends of the pin 38, so as to pivotally secure theclamp 39 to said pin. Thc free end of the grip 37 registers with thefree end of the clamp 39, and said ends are joined securely together bymeans of a bolt 41, said bolt being provided with a thumb nut 42 whichmay be tightened so as to draw the grip 37 and clamp 39 tightly togetherabout the side bar 12, and thus hold theshelf 31 in position abuttingthe spring frame 10. The inner surfaces of the grip 37 and clamp 39adjacent the side bar 12 are provided with teeth 43 which engage saidside bar 12 and prevent the bracket 34 from being rotated about saidside bar. The bracket 84 is formedon the side adjacent the grip 37into apair of parallel arms 44, one on each side of said bracket which arejoined together opposite said bracket by means of an integral member 45so as to form an opening46 which is substantially the same shape as .aleg 47 which extends therethrough. One end of the leg 47 is providedwith a pair of lugs 48 each of which engage one of the arms 44 so as torigidly support the leg 47 ina substantially vertical position when thebed is in a horizontal position as shown in Fig. 5. The end of the leg47 opposite the lugs 48 is provided with a base 49 which may beremovable from said leg and is adapted, when the bed is in a horizontalposition, to rest on the floor, while when the bed .is in a verticalposition as shown inFig. 4, it is adapted to engage the arms 44 andprevent the leg 47 from falling out of the opening 46. The base 49 ismounted on a square section 49 on the leg 47 and is secured thereto by ascrew 49 engaging a washer 49,. When the bed is in a vertical position,the entire inner mecha nism is hidden from view by means of a curtain 59whirhis fixed to the edge of the shelf 31 opposite the loops 32 andhangs downwardly therefrom. In order to prevent the curtain 50 fromresting on the floor when the bed is in a horizontal position, the lowerend of said curtain is looped over the side bar 11, and between the twoside bars, the curtain is supported by straps 51 which extendlongitudinally of the bed and are fixed to the end angle clips 19 bymeans of clips 52. In order to allow the legs 47 to be moved outwardlybeyond the curtain 50, a

slit 5? is provided in the upper end of said curtain adjacent each leg47.

When not in use the bed stands in an up-.

right position as shown' in Fig. 1, and the curtain 50 presents a neatappearance. In this position any ornamental objects may be placed uponthe shelf 31. When it is desired to lower the bed for use, the curtain50 is tucked behind the. side bar 11, the straps 51 are joinedtogetherso as to secure said curtain to the lower side of the bed, the legs 47are pulled outwardly through the slits 53 in the curtain 59, and thebedis then lowered to a horizontal position as shown in Figs. 3 and ,5 byrotating it about the side bar 11 which is supported in the fork 13 ofthe bracket 14. The straps 28 are then unbuckled from'the straps 30 andthe bed is ready for use.

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated exampleconstitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limitmyself strictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, sincemanifestly the same can be considerably varied without departure fromthe spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus describedmy invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent: V

1. Av folding bed comprising, a. spring fran'ie, having front and rearside bars, stationary leg members, one side bar being pivotallyconnected to the stationary leg members, a shelf rigidly connected tothe free edge of the bed adjacent and parallel to the other side bar,brackets fixed to the shelf, said brackets including arms terminating insemi circular toothed gripping portions, curved clamping members pivotedto the arms and cooperating with the gripping portions thereof toencircle the last mentioned side bars, extensions on the brackets havingopenings therein, legs slidable through the openings, and means carriedby each end of the legs for limiting their sliding movement.

2. A folding bed comprising, a spring frame, having front and rear sidebars, stationary leg members, one side barbeing pivotally connected tothe stationary leg members, a shelf rigidly-connected'to the free edgeof the bed adjacent and parallel to the other side baigbrackets fixed tothe shelf,

lugs at the sides of the arms, toothed curved bifurcated clampingmembers straddlingthe arms and pivoted on the lugs, said clampingmembers engagable with the ends of the gripping portions and cooperatingwith the gripping portions to tightly encircle the last mentioned sidebar, and legs slidable in the brackets.

3. A bed comprising a spring frame'having front and rear side bars,floor brackets having bearings adapted to receive the rear side bar sothat the spring frame is pivotally mounted and. capable of beingpositionedin a vertical folded position or in a horizontal position, aplurality of leg brackets, each bracket having a semi-circular gripadapted to engage the front side bar, a semicircular clamp pivotallymounted at one end to said brackets, means for securing the other end ofsaid clamp to said grip so that said front side bar will be positionedtherebeing adapted to rest on the floor and support tween, a pluralityof teeth associated with the spring frame When said frame is in a saidgrip and said clamp adapted to engage horizontal position and to bemoved axially 10 the front side bar and prevent the rotation in saidopening to a second position when 5 of said leg bracket about said sidebar, each the spring frame is in a vertical position.

of said leg brackets being provided With an opening, and a legpositioned in said open- JOSEPH I. HIGGINS.

